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I lAWfilll PATE rein CLARENCE GALLISTEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORT0 SEFTON MANUFACTUR- ING CORPORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PACKAGE FOR WALL PAPER, ETC.

, Application filed November 4, 1921. Serial No. 512,730.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE GALLISTEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, havemade certain new and useful Improvements in Packages for Wall Paper,Etc, of which the following is a specification.

My invention, more particularly stated, relates to packing and shippingcases or receptacles such as are formed from corrugated fibre board.This material is made in long broad strips and comprises an intermediatecorrugated strawor fibre board faced on opposite sides with plane sheetsof the same material, which are cemented to the crowns of thecorrugations of the intermediate layer. The resultant board is verylight and possesses considerable rigidity and strength, but by suitablyscoring may be bent along straight lines. It has come into considerableuse as a substitute for wood in packaging articles which are not of toogreat weight. My invention consists in a package or container of prismform which is made substantially from a single sheet or strip of thismaterial bent to form the sides and ends thereof. The strip istransversely scored at intervals depending .upon the width of the sidesand bent at the scorings to form a prism shaped tube, the ends of thestrip bein brought together and united in any suitab e way, thus formingone corner of a package or container. The ends of the case or packageare formed by interlocking hinged extensions of the respective sidepanels, the hinges being formed as usual by scoring the board andbendingit. It will be obvious that the package may be used for a greatvariety of purposes and might be formed of other than the preferredmaterial to which reference has been made.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is an isometric view of the completed package;Fig. 2 is an end view thereof on an enlarged scale;

' Fig. 3 is an end View showing the package in process of formation; andFig. 4c is a plan of the blank.

For the purpose of exemplifying my invention I have shown a package ofoctagonal shape in cross section but obviously it may be of a greater orless number of sides. Referring to Big. at it will be seen that theblank for forming the box or package is rectangular and of a lengthdepending upon the number and width of the side panels of the finishedpackage and of a length equal to the length plus the diameter of thefinished package. The rectangular sheet a from which the blank is formedis scored transversely as at 4 at distances equal to the width of thesides of the package to be formed and is also scored longitudinally asat 6, the scorings 6 being at a distance apart corresponding to thelength of the package to be formed and spaced from the respective ends adistance approximately one-half the diameter of the package. The blankis cut through along the lines 4' between the respective longitudinalscorings 6 and the adjacent edges of the blank so that each side panel 5has hinged to the ends thereof rectangular end flaps 8. If desired theseend flaps 8 may be somewhat less in length than the semi-diameter of thepackage but I find that the package is more rigid when the flaps aresubstantially of the length given.

In forming the package from the blank the latter is first bent along thescorings 4 to form a prismatic tube, the ends 99 of the blank beingunited in any suitable manner to form one of the longitudinal corners ofthe package. The end flaps 8-8 of one end are then bent down into theposition shown in Fig. 2 to form an end of the package. In forming thispackage end the strips are first slightly bent in and overlapped as at9, Fig. 3, each end flap overlapping the next at one end on the outsideand underlying the adjacent flap at the other end. After the flaps havebeen arranged as in Fig. 3 they are gradually worked together inward tothe plane of the package end as seen in Fig. 2, in which the end edgesof the flaps substantially meet at a central point 10, a corner 11 ofeach flap being exposed. Obviously, each flap is somewhat bent or flexedat the center of its end and therefore the flaps bear upon each otherwith considerable pressure and the resulting friction offersconsiderable resistance to the movement of the flaps in eitherdirection. It will be noted that opposite flaps bear substantially endto end against each other at their respective central points and arereinforced by adjacent flaps so that the end of the package presents astrong resistance to sidewise crushing force. Preferably some additionalmeans is provided for preventing relative movement of the flaps, thoughsuch means need not have any great strength. Preferably for this purposeI use a disk 12 of tough paper pasted or cemented over the end of thepackage to each end fiap which forms an ample securing means for theinterlocked flaps. The packages may be furnished to the user with oneend closed and the other end open. Preferably, however, they are shippedin knock-down condition with both ends open.

As above stated, the package is particularly well adapted for theshipment of rolls of wall paper which are preferably arranged thereinlengthwise of the package which is of suitable length to receive them.

I claim:

1. A container of the class described, comprising a number ofrectangular side panels in excess of four, having rectangular end flapshinged to the respective ends of each panel and of the same width, saidend flaps being substantially equal in length to half the diameter ofthe package and each end flap overlapping the adjacent end flap on oneside and underlapping the adjacent end flap on the other side.

2. A container of the class described, comprising a number ofrectangular side panels in excess of four, having rectangular end flapshinged to the respective ends of each panel and of the same width, saidend flaps being substantially equal in length to half the diameter ofthe package and each end flap overlapping the adjacent end flap on oneside and underlapping the adjacent end flap on the other side and meansfor securing the end flaps against relative movement.

3. A container of the class described, comprising a number ofrectangular side panels in excess of four, having rectangular end flapshinged to the respective ends of each panel, and of the same width, saidend flaps being substantially equal in length to half the diameter ofthe package and each end flap overlapping the adjacent end fiap on oneside and underlapping the adjacent end fiap on the other side, and adisk of paper cemented over all of said end flaps and secured to each ofthem.

CLARENCE GALLISTEL.

